Toy pistol



March 25, 1930. c. F. MEYER, JR

TOY PISTOL Filed Nov. 50, 1928 a m n 4 Y 5 m H m H1 V M m ,IL N T. J 1 A mm M I G W W 6 //0 7 q. l IV IllllW////////////////% I mmfl/A Patented Mar. 25, 1930 CHARLES E. MEYER, 3a., or :mmm ms; INDIANA TOY PISTOL Application filed. November so, 1928. Serial No. 322,737. lv

This invention resides in a toy pistol adapted to discharge elastic projectiles, like rubber bands, whether in the form of a single strip or endless. Such toy pistol is attractive to children and is. cheap and free from all of the dangers of many other forms of pistols.

The pistol may be made of wood or light material, simply constructed, andthe rubber bands or elastic projectiles will be projected for sufficient distance to make it interesting to children, and yet its shape and manner of holding and discharging it are much like that of the ordinary pistol. 7

Such pistols are not new, but'thechief novel feature and improvement constituting this present invention is the use of a trigger bar mounted in connection with the upper part of the handle of the pistol and slidable longitudinally of the barrelof the pistol, 530 with its rear end rigidly secured to the trigger, preferably rigid and which isadapted to releasably hold the rear end of the elastic projectile against the rear end of the barrel, so that'the projectile is under tension, and said trigger and trigger bar are held in such projectile holding position by elastic or other yielding means, and the forwardend of the trigger bar projects beyond the upper end of the handle in a convenient place to be engaged by the finger of thehand holding the pistol for moving the trigger bar and the trigger and thus releasing. the projectile. The means for yieldingly holding the trigger and trigger bar in a'projectile holding position may be an endless elastic bandwhich surrounds the trigger and barrel, or a block of yielding rubber imbedd'ed between the front end of the trigger bar andthe handle as operation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a modified form of the pistol with the trigger and trigger bar in actuatedand releasing position. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal secone form of said toy pistol loaded ready for I tion on line 4-4: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a per spective View of the trigger and trigger bar shown in Fig. 1. i Fig. 6 is a cross section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2. i p

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there is shown a barrel 10 for the pistol and a handle 11 rigidly secured thereto and an elastic rubber band 12 as the projectile. The barrel and handle both may be made of wood or other light or cheap material and need not be; tubular. The elastic projectile 12, or rubber band, is stretchedover the barrel by looping one end over the frontof the barrel and the rear end over and against the indented rear end 13 of the barrel, as shown, where it is held in loaded 7,

position by the trigger 14, which has an engaging projection 114 adapted to cooperate with the indented rear end of thebarrel for frictionally holding the rear end of the rubber band projectile in place on the barrel.

In the upper part of the handle 11 a trigger bar 15 is mounted slidable longitudinally of the barrel and handle and rigidly secured at its rear end to the. rigid trigger 14, as shown in Fig. 5. The forward end '115 of the trigger bar projects forward beyond the upper part of the handleand the front end thereof is made concave as a finger seat, whereby the finger of the hand holding the handle of the pistol may conveniently rest for pulling the trigger bar and trigger rearward and thereby releasing the rear end of the. rubber band projectile 12, whereupon it will be projected many yards away.

The pistol is preferably provided with a fingerguard 16 as shown, similarto. the

guards on ordinary pistols and it guards the :frontor finger, end of the trigger bar '15.

Yielding means is provided for normally holdlngthe trigger mpositlon, as shown in the barrel of the pistol, that is, in loaded posi- Fig. 1, for holding theelastic projectile on tion. This feature ofthe invention is shown in two forms in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 1 the barrel 1O of'the pistol'is widened on its lowerside with a lower extension extending for the major portion of the length of the barrel, and having a shoul der 210 at the front end thereof, over which an elastic endless band 17' is adapted .to be placed, and the same band 17 surrounds the two sides of the lower part of the barrel 110 and the trigger 14 at the rear, as shown in Fig. 1. This arrangement is a convenient means for holding the trigger in loaded position and it enables a relatively long band 17 to be employed so as to get considerable tension for tightly holding the trigger in loaded position. The greater the tension of the band 12 the farther the elastic projectile 12 will be discharged or projected.

In the forms shown in Figs. 1, 3 and l, the trigger bar 15 is slidable in the recess 111 in one side of the upper part of the handle 11, and the trigger bar is held in such recess and in position by the trigger 1 1 and the rubber band 1'7 in cooperation.

Fig. 2 shows the position of the trigger after the pistol has been fired and while the childs finger is still on the trigger bar. In that position the trigger is considerably spaced from the rear end of the barrel and the projectile has been released. Otherwise, Fig. 2 shows a modified form wherein the rubber band 17 shown in Fig. 1 is omitted, and likewise the lower extension 110 of the barrel, and the trigger and trigger bar held in loaded position by an elastic mass 18, like rubber, located between the forward projection 115 of the trigger bar and the adjacent portion of the handle. Said parts are re cessed or chambered for imbedding said rubber mass 18 therein, and in said modified form the trigger bar 15 extends through a slot 171 in the upper end of the handle and longitudinally of the barrel and is held therein by a removable side plate 211. The advantage of the modified form Fig. 2 is that the parts of the barrel will remain in place united and it will not be easy for the child to remove the loose parts thereof and the pistol will remain intact.

trigger, said trigger and trigger bar being united to form a rigid unit.

2. In a toy pistol for discharging elastic projectiles which has a handle and a barrel on which the projectile is adapted to be stretched for its discharge, a trigger for re leasa'bly holding the rear end of the projectile when under tension, a rigid trigger bar slidable in the handle longitudinally of the barrel for releasing the trigger,'said trigger and trigger bar being united to form a rigid unit,

and yielding means for holding the trigger and trigger bar unit in projectile holding position.

In a toy pistol for discharging elastic projectiles which has a handle and a barrel on which the projectile is adapted to be stretched for discharge, a rigid trigger for releasably holding the rear end of the projectile when under tension against the rear end of the barrel, a trigger bar rigidly secured to the trigger and mounted in the upper part of the handle and said trigger and trigger bar unit being slidable longitudinally of the barrel and the trigger bar extending in front of the handle in position to be moved rearward by a finger of the hand holding the pistol, and yielding means for forcing the trigger and trigger bar unit forward into projectile holding position.

l. In a toy pistol for discharging elastic projectiles which has a handle and a barrel on which a projectile is adapted to be stretched for discharge, the upper end of the handle being chambered longitudinally of the barrel, a trigger bar mounted in said chamber with its forward end projecting forward of the handle to enable the trigger bar to be operated, a trigger rigidly secured to the rear end of said trigger bar in a position to hold the elastic projectile against the rear end of the barrel, and elastic means carried by a stationary portion of the pistol for holding the trigger in projectile holding position. 7

5. In a toy pistol for discharging elastic projectiles which has a handle and a barrel on which a projectile is adapted to be stretched for discharge, the upper end of the handle being chambered longitudinally of the barrel, a trigger bar mounted in said chamber with its forward end projecting forward of the handle to enable the trigger bar to be operated, a trigger rigidly secured to the rear end of said trigger bar and in a position to hold the elastic projectile against the rear end of the barrel, a shoulder on the lower side of the barrel, and anendless elastic band around said shoulder and the lower portion of the barrel and the trigger and under tension for holding the trigger in projectile holding position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

CHARLES F. MEYER, J R. 

